Rob Curedale

https://good-design.org/about/good-design-ambassadors/ The Good Design Ambassadors program recognizes pioneers of good design and consists of leading designers, architects, business leaders, and changemakers who share our aspirational vision for designing a better world. The Good Design Ambassador is an honorary title given to a select group of individuals in our design community who have made, and continue to make, a positive impact on the design profession both in Australia and internationally. The core purpose of a Good Design Ambassador is to act as an advocate for good design and actively promote and support Good Design Australia’s vision and mission as we strive for a better, more inclusive and more sustainable world – through design. GOOD DESIGN AMBASSADORS INCLUDE John Barratt, Fidsa / Teague Mark Bertinetti / Honeywell Dr Andrew Botros / Google Inc. Ross Cameron / Dyson Donghoon Chang / Samsung Bruce Claxton Ben Crothers / Atlassian Shane Currey / Deloitte Carolyn Curtis / Centre For Social Innovation Kate Elton / Design Innovation Research Centre Professor Dr. H.C. Hartmut Esslinger/ Founder frog Design Sharon Gauci / General Motors Dan Harden / Whipsaw Inc. Paul Hatch / Teams Usa Richard Hoare / Breville Group Thomas Hordern / Volvo Tharani Jegatheeswaran / Deloitte Dontae Lee / Samsung Electronics Professor H.C. Harald Leschke / Mercedes-Benz Professor Mugendi K. M’rithaa / World Design Organization Stephanie Pemberton / Qantas Dick Powell / Seymourpowell Paul Priestman / Priestmangoode Warren Schroder / Designworks Jan R. Stavik / Norwegian Centre For Design And Architecture Kazuo Tanaka / Gk Design Group Inc. Matt Taylor / Deloitte Stephen Todd / Australian Financial Review Duncan Trevor-Wilson / Ge Healthcare Mandie Van Der Merwe / M&C Saatchi Professor Roberto Verganti / Stockholm School Of Economics Pontus Wahlgren / Logitech Luke Williams / Nyu Stern School Of Business Benjamin Wilson / Braun Michael Young / Michael Young Limited

President and founder of Design Community College, a private college with more than 7,000 international alumni from more than 30 countries. An executive with extensive leadership experience, and broad senior international face-to-face and online education and design management expertise. #designer #design #interiordesign #style #graphicdesign #architecture #luxury #photography #creative #illustration #branding #photoshop #graphic #interiors #furniture #brand #architect #drawing #marketing #graphics #lifestyle #Adobe Creative Suite #Branding #Leadership #UserInterface #Color #Project Management #Typography #Adult Education #Training #DesignThinking #InDesign #QualitativeResearch #UserExperienceDesign #Industrialdesign #productdesign #Teaching #ethnography #MicrosoftOffice #PublicSpeaking #Workshopfacilitation #FocusGroups #Packaging #designconsulting #lecturing #FurnitureDesign #ExecutiveManagement #Publishing #MarketResearch #SocialMedia #InteractionDesign #IntellectualProperty #Expertwitness #servicedesign #Instructional design #TeamManagement #TeamLeader #Interviewing #prototyping #persona evelopment #ProposalWriting #LayoutDesign #ProductDevelopment #Presentation #LMS #WordPress #Instructionaldesign #Contentstrategy #Google Suite #Data visualization # consulting #Management # Premiere #Visual design #Copywriting #Articulate Storyline #Design Strategy #Content evelopment #ConceptDesign #Rapid Prototyping #Sketching #Designresearch #Research #Qualitative research #UsercenteredDesign #Interactiondesign #UX #Illustrator #AutoCAD #Adobe Photoshop #Negotiation #Ethnography #Education #Creative Direction #Writing #Marketresearch #Usability #humanfactors #ergonomics #Professor #Quantitativeresearch #Microsoft roject #Creative writing #Business management #Classroom management #estimating#scrum #Project leadership #UI design #Keyshot #Wireframing #Adobe Captivate #User Research #Agile #Web design #ADDIE #Classroomexperience

Authored more than 30 books on subjects related to design, innovation, design thinking, design research, service design, product design, and design methods Design Thinking Process And Methods Manual 5th Edition Feb 20 2019 663 Pages Design Thinking Pocket Guide 2nd Edition Jun 01 2013 228 Pages Design Thinking Quick Reference Guide 1st Edition 2015 Design Thinking Templates & Exercises 2016 Ebook 51 Pages Experience Maps Journey Maps Service Blueprints Empathy Maps March 2016 402 Pages Service Blueprints March 2016 152 Pages Service Blueprints Step-By-Step Guide: 2nd Edition August 1, 2018 230 Pages Empathy Maps March 2016 152 Pages Mapping Methods 2: Step-By-Step Guide Experience Maps Journey Maps Service Blueprints Affinity Diagrams Empathy Maps Business Model Canvas March 2018 Journey Maps March 2016 152 Pages Service Design Process & Methods 3rd Edition Edition Feb 25 2018 532 Pages Design Methods 1 200 Ways To Apply Design Thinking Edition 1 November 2013 396 Pages Design Methods 2 200 More Ways To Apply Design Thinking Edition 1 January 2013 398 Pages Design Research Methods 150 Ways To Inform Design Edition 1 January 2013 290 Pages Interviews Observation AndFocus Groups Edition 1 Apr 01 2013 188 Pages 30 Good Ways To Innovate Edition 1 November 2015 108 Pages 50 Brainstorming Methods Edition 1 January 2013 184 Pages Product Design Briefing Checklist Edition 1 2016 54 Pages Web Design Briefing Checklist Edition 1 2016 90 Pages Designing With Color Step-By-Step Guide Edition 1 Edition July 1, 2018 223 Pages

Presents classes, local and online workshops, and certificate courses in Design Thinking, Industrial Design, Service Design, Experience Design UX, Interaction Design, Color, Business Practices, Portfolio, Human Factors, Mapping Methods, Design Methods, and Design Research to designers, engineers and executives of companies including: Tesla Motors, NASA, Kaleidoscope, Speckdesign, Intel, Nike, MillerCoors, Radiuspd, Gensler, Herman Miller,Trek bikes, Catalystnyc, Sylvania, Whipsaw, Berkeley University, Stanford University, Pininfarina, Inscape, Newbalance, MIT, Rhode Island School of Design,Tufts, Nokia, Steelcase, Mayo Clinic, Ocad, California State University Santa Barbara,University of Michigan, In Form, RIT, Honeywell, Columbia University,Nissan, Volkswagen, Sony, Nestle, Kraft Foods, Otterbox, Henry Ford Museum, Samsung, Ammunition, Siemens AG, Group, frog Design, Ziba Design, Plantronics, Luxion, Philips, Method, Visteon, Texas Instruments, Cisco, Mindspring, Hasbro, Dow Corning, Bressler Group, Reebok, Logitech, HP, CCS, Praxxis Design, Levi Strauss, NCSU, Design & Industry, Kensington, Symantec, Canberra University, Australian Government Department of Defence, Maya, Karten Design, Autodesk, Barco, Shutterstock, Lucid, Colgate, Starbucks, Sunbeam, Seimens

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https://premiersdesignawards.vic.gov.au/ Judge in the State Design Awards Victoria. Australia Established by the Victorian Government in 1996, the Victorian Premier’s Design Awards are an opportunity to highlight and celebrate design .

http://www.artcenter.edu/ Adjunct Professor: • Presented classes in product design, design research, and design thinking process and methods. • Instruct multi-disciplinary research classes from Product, Transportation, Entertainment and Environmental Design. • 1994 Presented studio Industrial Design classes at Art Center Europe Vevey Switzerland focused on cross-cultural industrial design.

https://advance.org/advance-awards/ Nominated for a 2013 Advance Global Australian Award. The Awards celebrate a small number of Australians and alumni from Australian universities living overseas who exhibit remarkable talent, exceptional vision, and ambition. The Advance Awards recognize the work of remarkable global Australians making an extraordinary impact on the global stage in industry sectors that are of particular importance to Australia. Candidates are judged on their demonstrated leadership, vision, impact, and innovation in their field. Award nominees are evaluated against the following criteria: Demonstrated excellence in their field globally Demonstrated innovation, leadership, and entrepreneurship Extent to which impact has been achieved by conceiving and performing work in new and creative ways Demonstrated significant impact or contribution in their relevant fields Demonstrated capacity to inspire the next generation global Australian leaders Judges also give consideration to the nominee’s: Extent and nature of global experience Contribution to Australian and global communities Voluntary work beyond paid employment Capacity for their work to contribute to a more socially and economically inclusive Australia Commitment to promote Advance and the Awards in the years following their award Commitment to contribute to the mentoring of next generation Australian leaders Ongoing contribution in their field

This award honors excellence in the area of instruction. Eligibility for the award is open to individuals and organizations engaged in innovative teaching practices and is open to all teaching methods. Nominations are solicited from Division members. Adjudication is determined by the ENT Division Teaching Committee. Semester class which Rob Curedale presented jointly to management students from Loyola University and design students from Otis College The Academy of Management Entrepreneurial Pedagogy award, the leading US Award for Innovation in Education. The class was presented by Rob Curedale and Maggie Hendrie with Dr. David Choi from the Loyola School of Management.

Managed US operations for Hong Kong-based Industrial Design, branding and manufacturing sourcing consultancy. Clients included Sunbeam

https://www.dtank.com/ DTank manufactures and install medium size runs of custom office systems. Worked with clients such as Microsoft , Gensler, VW Audi advanced Concept studio. dTank works to short design and installation deadlines and typically runs of 20 to 1,000 units. dTank offers custom system furniture to realize architects and designers creative vision. Directed a group of designers committed to taking advantage of alternative processes and materials to create high quality products.Interfaced with engineering, Installation and production teams. A streamline process integrate design, value, engineering, production monitoring, quality control, shipping, installation and post-occupancy evaluation. DTank have completed About 250 projects up to 1000 workstations and other types of furniture in each. We design, engineer and manufacture the furniture in close design cooperation with the client

http://www.collegeforcreativestudies.edu Professor, Chair of Product Design and Furniture Design Departments. Teaching senior, junior and foundation classes for Product and transportation design. Studio classes, business practices, portfolio Advising/Mentoring students, parents & faculty Working with industry sponsors to develop educational sponsorship programs. Responsible for managing the largest Product Design Program in the Americas with 38 staff and around 350 ID students. Responsible for developing Graduate program and rewriting undergraduate Curriculum, corporate sponsorship. CCS ID department has placed more graduates into the car industry than any other school internationally. Coordinate exhibitions, international visiting speakers and international student exchanges and European workshop, US design workshops and seminars.